Topic unknown.
まくらにも袖にもなみだつらゝゐてむすばぬ夢をとふ嵐かな
makura ni mo
On my pillow and
The Regent and Grand Minister [Fujiwara no Yoshitsune] (1169 – 1206)
Sent to someone.
知るらめやをつる涙の露ともに別れの床に消えて戀ふとは
sirurame ya
I wonder if you know?
Emperor Nijō
Composed as a poem in the conception of hidden Love for a hundred poem sequence when the Regent [Fujiwara no Kanezane] was Minister of the Right.
あさましや抑ふる袖の下潛る涙の末を人や見つらん
asamasi ya
How pitiless!
Former Provisional Master of the Right Capital Office [Minamoto no] Yorimasa
Topic unknown.
おほ方の露にはなにのなるならむ袂におくは涙なりけり
oFokata no
All around me
The Monk En’i
Sent to a man who had moved his affections elsewhere.
忘らるゝ身はことわりと知りながら思ひあへぬは涙なりけり
wasuraruru
To be abandoned
Sei Shōnagon
On a night when the moon was shining especially brightly, a man came to see her and left without even sitting down; the following morning she sent him this poem.
涙さへ出でにし方を眺めつゝ心にもあらぬ月を見しかな
namida saFe
In tears, yes,Unexpectedly the moon
Izumi Shikibu
Topic unknown.
秋の野のくさむらごとにをく露は夜なく蟲のなみだなるべし
aki no no no
In the Autumn fields
Sone no Yoshitada曾禰好忠
When she had something on her mind, she composed this while gazing at some autumn leaves in her hand.
いかなれば同じ色にて落つれども涙は目にも止らざるらむ
ika nareba
Why should it bethe same hues
Izumi Shikibu
Topic unknown.
涙川おなじ身よりは流るれど戀をばけたぬ物にぞ有ける
namidagaFa
This river of tears
Izumi Shikibu
Her reply:
涙さへ時雨にそひてふるさとは紅葉の色も濃さまさりけり
namida saFe Ever my tears
Ise
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